Dear Christopher,

The FEC filing deadline is tomorrow, and if I don’t get an immediate infusion of cash then I will have to get out of the race. 

I would prefer not to, of course, but without a lot more money it’s impossible to stay in. Politics should not be about the money but unfortunately it is.

A presidential campaign is not just a horse race, however; it’s a platform for ideas. Important ideas. In the words of Martin Luther King Jr., “Your life begins to end on the day you stop talking about things that matter.“ And we’ve been doing that.

Even more importantly, we’ve been heard. Last night I spoke in Fairfield, Iowa, at a place where another candidate had spoken the night before. I was told that he had twice as many people as we did, but what we had that he did not was a standing ovation. We get standing ovations regularly, people are hearing me who had not heard me before, and in many circles we’re only just beginning to be known. As long as we’re in the race, our ideas are out there and they‘re penetrating the political ethers.

If the natural flow of things is that I should just get out of the race now, I accept that. But I would rather not; there are still things that need to be said and people who are ready to hear them. In a very real way it’s not just my decision now. It’s a decision to be made by all of us.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Your being with me on this journey means everything.

With love,
Marianne

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